Appendix B
Workshop Agenda
Roundtable on Population Health Improvement1
Framing the Dialogue on Race and Ethnicity to Advance Health Equity: A Workshop
February 4, 2016
AGENDA
Location: Lecture Hall, National Academy of Sciences Building, 2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:
- Explore the development of a shared framework for applying a race/ethnicity equity lens and health equity lens to the discourse on population health.
- Advance the population health field’s understanding of how policies and their implementation foster or perpetuate ethnic and racialized health inequities.
- Explore current best practices in the communication, advocacy, and messaging of ethnic and racialized health inequalities.
- Increase the capacity of participants to effectively foster a professional agenda that integrates the application of racial/ethnic equity and health equity lenses across multiple sectors and health systems.
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1 In coordination with staff and members of the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities.
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8:15 a.m. |
Welcome and overview of the day |
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Sanne Magnan, former president and chief executive officer, Institute for Clinical Health Systems; member, workshop planning committee; co-chair, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement |
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Phyllis D. Meadows, associate dean and director of the Office of Public Health Practice, and clinical professor of health management and policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan; senior fellow, The Kresge Foundation; co-chair, workshop planning committee; member, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement; member, Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities |
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8:30 a.m. |
Keynote—Health equity and racism |
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Gilbert C. Gee, professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles |
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9:00 a.m. |
Q&A/Discussion |
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9:20 a.m. |
Developing an equity lens within and across sectors to improve population health |
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Moderator: Terry Allan, health commissioner, Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Board of Health; member, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement |
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Speaker: Natalie S. Burke, president and CEO, CommonHealth Action |
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9:45 a.m. |
Q&A/Discussion |
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10:10 a.m. |
Break |
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10:25 a.m. |
The evidence for the historical policy production of racialized health inequities and their continuing impact on population health |
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Moderator: Lourdes J. Rodríguez, program officer, New York State Health Foundation; co-chair, workshop planning committee |
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Speaker: Mindy Fullilove, professor, clinical psychiatry, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University |
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10:50 a.m. |
Q&A/Discussion |
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11:15 a.m. |
Framing messages to policy makers about racial and ethnic disparities and the promotion of health equity |
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Moderator: Thomas LaVeist, William C. and Nancy F. Richardson professor in health policy, and director, Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; member, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement |
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Speaker: Julie Sweetland, vice president for strategy and innovation, FrameWorks Institute |
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11:40 a.m. |
Q&A/Discussion |
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12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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12:30 p.m. |
Framing racial and ethnic disparities to increase public support for policies that promote health equity |
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Moderator: Sarah R. Linde, RADM U.S. Public Health Service, chief public health officer, Health Resources and Services Administration; member, workshop planning committee; member, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement |
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Speaker: Rebekah Gowler, director of health equity capacity development, Center for Health Equity, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
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Speaker: Jessica Kang, senior research scientist, Center for Social Inclusion |
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12:55 p.m. |
Q&A/Discussion |
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1:15 p.m. |
Closing remarks and reflections on the day |
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George Isham, senior advisor, HealthPartners; senior fellow, HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research; co-chair, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement |
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2:00 p.m. |
Adjourn open session |
